A new life for post office in Bagillt

The McColl's store on Bagillt High Street where a post office is going to be located

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BAGILLT Post Office is to reopen – four years after it closed its doors.

The Post Office this week confirmed plans to restore the service in the McColls store on High Street, just across the road from its previous location.

A new subpostmaster has been appointed, and if a consultation is successful, the new facility will open in November as one of the Post Office’s local style branches, with longer hours.

Bagillt’s previous post office was forced to shut its doors in September 2009 after the owners of the building on High Street went into receivership.

At the time it was described as a ‘disaster’ for the village which had relied on its services for decades.

Since its closure, elderly villagers have had to spend money on getting the bus into Holywell and Flint to collect their pensions.

Bagillt councillor Mike Reece and Delyn AM Sandy Mewies were among the local dignitaries who campaigned to see the post office service reinstated .

More than 200 people signing a petition for McColl’s to take over the post office shortly after it closed, but proposals had fallen through until now.

Cllr Reece said: “McColls was the first place I asked for as a potential location back in 2009 when the old branch closed but unfortunately it fell through, as did other properties.

“I’m so pleased for the village that it’s going to be back for all to use. It is such good news.”

Simon Drinkwater, the Post Office’s regional network manager for Wales, added: “We understand how important having access to a post office is to residents in the area and we are confident that this new service, hosted from an established business, with long opening hours, will make it easier for our customers to do business with us and also secure services for the future.”

Residents are invited to join a consultation between now and September 13 by emailing consultations@postoffice.co.uk, or via the customer helpline 08457 22 33 44.